Political satire for ugly political weather.
Red State Update turns current politics into a loose, irritated comedy argument between Jackie and Dunlap. The show moves from Trump, Iran, ICE, Hegseth, and Epstein to merch riffs, trucker movies, and bleak jokes without smoothing the edges.
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Red State Update is political satire in the form of a running argument that keeps catching fire. Jackie and Dunlap talk fast, interrupt each other, and let the week’s news drag them from complaint to joke to moral disgust. The show is not calm. Its recent episodes return again and again to Trump, Iran, ICE, Hegseth, Epstein, RFK Jr., Noem, and the machinery around them. A headline rarely stays a headline for long. It becomes a riff about gas prices, airports, Fox News, shoes, money, fake awards, church politics, social media ownership, or whatever else happens to be sitting nearby. That sprawl is part of the identity. Red State Update works less like a panel show than a live wire conversation between two familiar voices who know each other’s rhythms well enough to derail and recover without ceremony. The politics are angry, but the anger is usually carried through timing, repetition, and deadpan exaggeration. The show is especially sharp when it links public spectacle to private vanity: Trump’s praise loop, Hegseth’s religious militarism, politicians chasing attention, and media systems that reward the worst performance in the room. It also makes room for odd side roads. A reposted Redneck Matinee episode on Chuck Norris and trucker movies sits naturally beside darker episodes about war, discrimination, and authoritarian drift. That mix gives the feed a grubby, handmade texture. It can be bleak. It can also be very funny in the middle of being bleak. The show is best for listeners who like political comedy that sounds lived-in, impatient, and allergic to respectable distance. It is not built for neutral recap. It is built for people who want the news kicked around until the absurdity and the danger are both visible.
Made for: For listeners who like anti-Trump political comedy that is blunt, fast, and conversational. It fits people who want news anger mixed with character banter, pop-culture tangents, and a low tolerance for official nonsense.
What sets it apart: Red State Update stands apart by making the rant itself feel unstable and alive: merch chatter, movie riffs, religious panic, and hard political disgust all share the same crowded room. The duo dynamic gives the show more texture than a straight monologue or standard comedy-news recap.
Trump-hating rednecks Jackie & Dunlap take on politics and pop culture from a bunker underneath Jackie's Market in Murfreesboro, TN. Real news. Fake Sponsors.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Jackie Brose and Dunlap puncture political theater by testing grand claims against ordinary logic and following each contradiction toward the joke.
Red State Update turns the week's political spectacle into a running argument between Jackie Brose and Dunlap, with compressed cold opens giving way to loose, sharply reactive conversation. Donald Trump remains a frequent target, while Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem, J.D.
Trump's shoe-size politics becomes a little easier to bear when Jackie and Dunlap get hold of it.
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A ragged Trump-and-Iran argument with merch talk and a strong sense of live friction.
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Red State Update turns Iran-war confusion, racist provocation, and White House shoe jokes into a blunt, ugly comic picture.
Red State Update works best when it treats Iran-war confusion as both political fog and comic fuel. Jackie Bros and Dunlap move through the uncertainty over whether war is happening, finished, or stuck somewhere in between, then fold in Trump's line about high gas prices being…
A loose political rant gets its bite from the clashing excuses offered for war with Iran.
Red State Update frames a mess of political absurdity as a fight over which explanation is supposed to count. Christian Gnome getting fired, a cheap sex plane, war with Iran, and Pete Hegseth with Christian Nationalist generals all sit inside the same crooked logic, with Jackie…
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A loose, sharply funny political ramble where Vance, Walz, Jack Smith, and John Voight all get pulled into the churn.
Red State Update turns the Vance-Walz debate into a sharp read on political performance, with Jackie Brose and Dunlap measuring J.D. Vance's polished support for Donald Trump against Tim Walz's disappointed, almost teacherly presence.
Jackie and Dunlap, hosts of '20 Extra Minutes', open with a debate about paying $5 for surprises.
This episode of Red State Update humorously discusses political topics like Kristi Noem's firing, potential war with Iran, and Pete Hegseth's Christian nationalist views, while satirizing modern male isolation and absurd political rhetoric.
This episode humorously discusses the ongoing Trump trial, mocking media coverage and absurd depictions like Trump's head on religious figures.
Jackie and Dunlap, hosts of Red State Update, open with a chaotic recap of U.S.
Jackie Brolls and Dunlap open by grumbling about the show's loose schedule and their habit of wandering before they land the point.
Jackie Rose and Dunlap open with a mock presidential flourish.
Jackie Rose and Dunlap open with RFK Jr.
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The episode opens with uncertainty about whether the Iran war is still raging, already over, or never happened.
Red State Update spends most of its runtime on Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and the claim that Noem got fired while appearing in Nashville.
The hosts of Red State Update discuss the grim state of the country while bantering about sugarcoating reality and their shift from comedic hijinks to serious commentary.
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